The Final:The Habitable Wall

The Assignment: To create a habitable wall for our assigned person. 20x20x14 were the measurement requirements.

My assigned person was jazz singer, Nnenna Freelon
When going into this assignment there were some elements about Freelon that I wanted to keep in mind.
-bold
-flow
-femininity
-entertainment

Step one:
I first went through magazines before i did my sketches. But here are the sketches that most influenced my project.





The next phase of the project was to make different sketch models to more explore our first ideas.




This is the idea that i finally decided on. This model received the most postive feedback for what I was trying to achieve, which was a space that was bold and feminie while incorporating a unique look.



After doing the sketch models we had to do a scale model of our more refined idea. When doing this model, I was forced to address the separation of space: public vs. private. When addressing this, I created a private space for her by extending the curve to create a space behind the wall.




Time to add color! The next phase was to add color to our models. When adding color, I wanted the color to speak to who Nnenna Freelon was as an artist. So I chose black, purple, and clear to be in the public space. I chose these vibrant bold colors because that is what I think of when I think about jazz music. I think of the creativeness and boldness that goes into such jazz genres as scat and improvisation. For the private space, I wanted to use more serene colors.



The Final Projects

The presentation board:



The model


Her private space. I added more shelving for storage.


For the public space, I raised the bar to be 4 1/2 feet tall.

Time to Sleep, pt. 2

Assignmnet: Create a sleeping space, zone, or cavity. Make sure the space is able to hold storage.

Requirements: 3 4'x8' surfaces
1 12' linear surface/ object
1 3'x3'x4' object

Process

when we first received the assignment, i knew that i did not want to make the stereotypical bed. with that in mind i looked through several interior design and architecture magazines for some ideas. these are some of the interiors that i used to inspiration.

Sketches

The 1st Model

The Final Product

in the final product, i changed the material of the shelves from bristol board to clear acrylic. i also changed the colorful fabric to a solid black fabric for a more sleek finished look. Here is the final product.

Time to Sleep

Children like to sleep in tents.

i guess if you tired enough, you will sleep anywhere including a playground.

Unfortunately, we have people that sleep on the streets

The airport is the perfect place to find people sleeping.

I know its a convenient store, but i did not know you could sleep in the convenient store.

CAPitalizing on RE-USE

Assignment: all items used to build your bottle cap model must be salvaged or biodegradable. expect to justify all of your materials through the lens of "Radical simplicity".

just some ideas

when i first received this project, i googled bottle caps to see what images i could find. after getting some ideas i thought about doing jewelry or either a trash can. but i decided on neither because after hearing others ideas, i found out that my original idea was not so original.

1st model

the idea behind my first model was a pencil holder. for the first model i only did a portion of the idea. this idea did not get chosen because it was held together with glue and of course glue is not recyclable. but i guess that what first ideas are.

the final product

if you look closely, you are able to see the whole and the wire being weaved through.


this is the inside of the bag. we mixed smaller lids with larger lids to create the bottom. i thought that this was a very interesting picture.


me and my partner finally decided to do a grocery bag. something that is used on an everyday basis that gets easily thrown in the trash. we made our grocery bag out of plastic lids and wire. we puched holes in the lids and connected them by weaving the wire through them. when looking for the lca of plastic lids i was unable to find it because many websites show that it is hard to tell the lca of plastic.

A Simple Mixture Presentation

The last step of our nature as a tool project was to present our project. My group members were Hannah Daugherty, Jazmine Hairston, and Ashley Blackburn.

Broccoli: Toolwork Mania

Assignment: Find a tool and incorporate it with your produce or fruit to create patterns.

Broccoli: Pattern Craze

Assignment: We were to investigate our fruit or produce and draw the different patterns within our fruit or produce.

Broccoli 202

Broccoli 101

Assignment: In this project you will investigate and record a natural object, fruit or produce. You will extract patterns and relationships from your investigations to create 2 dimensional, 3 dimensional and architectural statements of your revelations. All your submissions should respect a 6x6 format with name and date.

Two By Four

The Assignment

Objective: Design a self sustained system
Parameters: Make no less than six cuts...use all the material provided; no more, no less use no
fastners and no adhesives
Materials: 18" long 2"x4" pine board

Thumbnail Sketches...just some ideas

Final Project...what i finally decided

*Notice how the dials have a square shape and penetrate through the piece of wood through circle cutouts.